Quotes about Perseverance
1. Cop-outs. People who have no goals and do not commit. 2. Holdouts. People who don't know if they can reach their goals, so they're afraid to commit. 3. Dropouts. People who start toward a goal but quit when the going gets tough. 4. All-outs. People who set goals, commit to them, and pay the price to reach.
— John Maxwell
As leaders we need to remember that. Strong convictions precede great actions. When we know something is right-- and that conviction is bolstered by the knowledge that our motives are pure...-- we need to follow through. Others may second-guess our thinking and our decision-making. But when we know what's right, we can't let those things throw us off. We need to stand by our convictions.
— John Maxwell
it's not over until you've learned from it.
— John Maxwell
The number-one reason most people lose arguments is not because they're wrong; it's because they don't know when to quit.
— John Maxwell
I will never surrender to discouragement or despair no matter what seeming obstacles may confront me.
— John Maxwell
Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.
— John Maxwell
When it comes to the thing you love to do, the thing you were made to do, aim high. The odds matter little. Whether you fall down along the way matters little.
— John Maxwell
Don't avoid paying the immediate price of change—if you do, you will pay the ultimate price of never improving.
— John Maxwell
Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do only occasionally. The bookends of success are beginning well and ending well. What is between those bookends? Consistency. If you want to become the leader you have the potential to be, you need to pay the price of self-discipline.
— John Maxwell
Playwright George Bernard Shaw asserted, A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. To overcome fear and break the cycle, you have to be willing to recognize that you will spend much of your life making mistakes.
— John Maxwell
Learn to view your problems as temporary stumbling blocks.
— John Maxwell
It doesn't matter what job you do or what position you obtain; you will have limits. That's just the way life is.
— John Maxwell